Confessions of an Organizer: Part 1 "It Begins..."
Okay... It's Sunday morning
(Father's Day 2007), 6:00 a.m., and I can't sleep. My youngest son woke
up at 5:33 a.m. wanting to start his day, but I was able to get him
tucked back into bed and he is now quietly sleeping.
I went back to bed but my mind was reeling with all sorts of things... I heard the coffee pot saying "beep-beep-beep" telling me "I am done... come and get me..." so I rolled out of bed, grabbed the dog and headed down to the cold, cold kitchen. Grabbing my house sweater (I recommend that everyone has one of these... old, comfy and don't forget UGLY!!! sweaters that are so big you can wrap yourself and someone else in them.. or in my case both my kids). I let the dog out, poured myself a nice hot cup of joe and pushed the infamous ON button to my computer.
So here we are... I am starting this series of articles because I want people to know what an organizer goes through when things are totally OUT OF CONTROL.... or at least out of my control. You see, this blog series is going to be part of my therapy. A way for me to have a little bit of control by telling you how I am working through it all. For some people, chaos is a threat or a fear. For me... let's say I am going to look at the glass half full today and call it a challenge. I know I will get through it, I know it will all work out okay so let's document it... shall we. I want you all to see how difficult issues that we all face can be managed and overcome. With a little structure, and a little grace, we all have that organization within us... So let's see how my story will unfold shall we...
Our life has just taken a sharp left and down a big hill....
Right now as we speak, my cupboards are bare, my house is in complete disarray, the yard is full of weeds and yesterday I was gone all day having a garage sale at a friends house. I managed to unload about two years worth of stuff that I had out grown, worn out and decided that I just didn't like anymore. My life isn't picture perfect and neat and tidy that is for sure.... but that doesn't mean that I am not organized!
So here is where the story begins. My husband who has worked for his company for 23+ years is being transfered to another city (about an hour and a half away from where we are today). Currently his commute is only about 8 minutes (give or take the traffic going up the mountain) from home. Do you see where our dilemma begins?
We are going to have to move. Not today, not next week, but sometime in the near future. We decided that a commute like that isn't going to cut it for our family. The difficult thing is that I am not quite sure what this means, where we are going and what tomorrow is going to bring us... But today... I am definitely going to the grocery store!
So stay tuned... and see how things unfold.
I went back to bed but my mind was reeling with all sorts of things... I heard the coffee pot saying "beep-beep-beep" telling me "I am done... come and get me..." so I rolled out of bed, grabbed the dog and headed down to the cold, cold kitchen. Grabbing my house sweater (I recommend that everyone has one of these... old, comfy and don't forget UGLY!!! sweaters that are so big you can wrap yourself and someone else in them.. or in my case both my kids). I let the dog out, poured myself a nice hot cup of joe and pushed the infamous ON button to my computer.
So here we are... I am starting this series of articles because I want people to know what an organizer goes through when things are totally OUT OF CONTROL.... or at least out of my control. You see, this blog series is going to be part of my therapy. A way for me to have a little bit of control by telling you how I am working through it all. For some people, chaos is a threat or a fear. For me... let's say I am going to look at the glass half full today and call it a challenge. I know I will get through it, I know it will all work out okay so let's document it... shall we. I want you all to see how difficult issues that we all face can be managed and overcome. With a little structure, and a little grace, we all have that organization within us... So let's see how my story will unfold shall we...
Our life has just taken a sharp left and down a big hill....
Right now as we speak, my cupboards are bare, my house is in complete disarray, the yard is full of weeds and yesterday I was gone all day having a garage sale at a friends house. I managed to unload about two years worth of stuff that I had out grown, worn out and decided that I just didn't like anymore. My life isn't picture perfect and neat and tidy that is for sure.... but that doesn't mean that I am not organized!
So here is where the story begins. My husband who has worked for his company for 23+ years is being transfered to another city (about an hour and a half away from where we are today). Currently his commute is only about 8 minutes (give or take the traffic going up the mountain) from home. Do you see where our dilemma begins?
We are going to have to move. Not today, not next week, but sometime in the near future. We decided that a commute like that isn't going to cut it for our family. The difficult thing is that I am not quite sure what this means, where we are going and what tomorrow is going to bring us... But today... I am definitely going to the grocery store!
So stay tuned... and see how things unfold.
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